From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 26708 invoked by uid 1002); 14 Mar 2003 19:52:46 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 6852 invoked from network); 14 Mar 2003 19:52:46 -0000 Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 11:51:11 -0800 From: "C. Brewer" To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Message-Id: <20030314115111.711e9bdd.cbrewer@stealthaccess.net> In-Reply-To: <20030314192418.GB11939@galen.bluecherry.net> References: <200303141142.32964.tim.ruehsen@openmediasystem.de> <20030314192418.GB11939@galen.bluecherry.net> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.10claws Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg="pgp-sha1"; boundary="=.lRQwUCZeOKl+4Z" Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] output from qpkg / gentoolkit without ESC codes X-Archives-Salt: c14b3666-83b2-49dd-863b-cbd4368ecabb X-Archives-Hash: 2666d93de361cc5b4d8bcc2ab5b8151d --=.lRQwUCZeOKl+4Z Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Fri, 14 Mar 2003 11:24:18 -0800 Joseph Carter wrote: > On Fri, Mar 14, 2003 at 11:42:32AM +0100, Tim Ruehsen wrote: > > I redirected output from 'qpkg' into a file. Now it contains these ESC color > > codes (that might are nice on a console). How do I switch ESC codes off? > > Part of the problem with the colors is that Gentoo does not read the > terminfo database for the current terminal type to determine whether or > not color codes are supported or how to display them. Not all of the > Gentoo tools check where stdout is going either. This is the kind of > thing that many people would not think important today, but by not > performing these tests we harm our own reputation in the eyes of those > people who are long-time unix hands and know the difference between flash > and function. The wrong codes sent to the wrong terminal can be truly > catastrophic. > > I have heard from people whose opinions I respect that this is a problem > with certain other Linux distributions. The people in question have not > taken a long look at Gentoo, but they would have the same complaints here > I think. Fixing this is certainly not top priority, but it is certainly a > professional touch which should not be ignored. > > -- > Joseph Carter SCO must cease to exist! > > netgod: er, are these 2.2.0 packages 2.0.0pre9 or do you have a > direct line with the gods? > joeyh: i have the direct line > > Catastrophic in the same way as trying to use kpackage with apt-install and a colored bash prompt, or just mildly irritating?:) -- Chuck Brewer Registered Linux User #284015 Get my gpg public key at pgp.mit.edu!! Encrypted e-mail preferred. --=.lRQwUCZeOKl+4Z Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+cjKz4cYuSvLqsAoRAhUKAKCOqf+tsQ8IwI30WCz2aGtl8TmF+ACfXFvt veOYJIfyF1mT0aHU2ycpQuE= =m3+3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=.lRQwUCZeOKl+4Z--